I said that I would bring a treat in to work this morning. I said it on Monday, so I had time to plan – sort of. Other than being at work most of each day in between, sleep, eating, household chores and so on. And it doesn't help that I haven't really been to the store in over a week so some supplies are short. A few challenges.
On the plus side, I have been baking for a lot of years – since I worked on my Girl Scout cooking badge and realized that I liked to bake. And I've been a parent for more than a few years, so I know how to make do in a pinch. I do like structure, but I have learned how to take the structure I can find and make new connections to get where I want to be.
Butterscotch chocolate chip bars are the result. Baking requires more precision than other kinds of cooking, true enough – but experience in combinations and an understanding of the different ingredients means that a recipe isn't absolutely rigid. A calculated risk or two can lead to success.
The bars smelled fabulous while baking, but that isn't necessarily a good indicator. My son hovered ready to be my first taste tester, but he has inherited my sweet tooth so also not a good indicator of success.
I have had my share of spectacular failures as a baker. Mainly due to an excess of hutzpah and a glaring lack of experience plus knowledge. But I learned more from those flops than I would have if I had taken a more conservative route in my baking past. I think this is true in most aspects of my life.
Now it remains to be seen what my team thinks of my approach.
I think that my brain might be freezing up this long winter. I've tried to start a few new posts and they are all now waiting for me to find a way to finish the ones that are worthy and dispose of the ones that aren't.
I think that I need to add a new craft to this list perhaps, or revisit an old one. Maybe getting some ideas from people in the blogosphere will help me out. What would go on your list? If you put any outdoor activity on the list, do give a compelling argument why, please.
When I was about 12 and enamored with the idea of love, my mom told me about a book that she had enjoyed which had a love story but so much more. The book was Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman and I still remember the depictions of isolation in winter. That feeling struck me when I read the Little House series by Laura Ingles Wilder, too.
Most of us humans weren't built for winter endurance – mentally or physically. Oh, we smile about how pretty and sparkly the snow and ice is around Christmas because its new and fresh and we've had ages to forget that there will be months of the stuff to slog through. And some people have a passion for skiing, skating, or snowboarding; perhaps sledding and a bit of snowman building that gives them reason to hope for the stuff. Not to mention school-child wishes for snow days.
The majority of us just push through and try not to give in to winter exhaustion. The simplest task – an errand to the store, say – becomes a greater chore and drains more energy than necessary after wrapping up in layers, scraping the car, fighting through all the other drivers who've forgotten how to navigate this white stuff, finding one of the few remaining parking spots that hasn't become a snow mountain, only to find that the items that you need are among the new shipment that is stuck on a truck up some impassable mountain pass or other and due who-knows-when.
Quite a distance from that isolation that I read in those books, but still in our modern way greatly affected by the elements. We control so much in our modern world, but nature rules in these months and we humans find our way through. And we fight to keep our schedule the same regardless of the season or weather, where those earlier folk adjusted their activities to accommodate the calendar.
The objective of this Daily Prompt was to teach, but sometimes the most important aspect of teaching is to get us to stop and think. Why do we do what we do?
This post is written in response to The Daily Prompt: Teaching.
I used to doodle. Mindless scribbles in my school notebooks. Once I hit the working world, I made myself stop because I didn't want to be seen in a meeting with my doodles – I didn't think that it would enhance any image of professionalism. So I've taken to twirling my pen (and trying really hard not to click it repeatedly) in meetings instead.
Now seeing this news clip, CBS News Sunday Morning: The Higher Purpose of Doodling I might just go back to my doodling habits. Perhaps this will keep my mind present in the room when a meeting goes on. I have found that even when I am interested in the topic, or it is in some way pertinent to me I have a terrible time keeping my thoughts in the room after about 20 minutes or so – which bears out research that I've read about adult attention spans.
How will I balance this return to doodling experiment with perceptions of professional behaviors? Hmm, not sure just at the moment. Hunching over my paper so that no one can see doesn't seem like a viable solution. Why, exactly, any of us feels that we would have to explain our note taking habits in the work world is an entirely different blog post. Regardless of any of my actions, I cannot direct, control, or shape someone else's perceptions of me.
Perceptions of doodlers is a main theme in the hyperlinked video clip – and how we should reconsider them. Why do we perceive doodling to be such a bad thing other than we can all probably recall a moment or two in our school days when a teacher called out someone for doodling instead of paying attention? Engagement takes on many forms, as does disengagement.
The other main theme is the point that doodling serves a purpose beyond occupying your hand. I find it very intriguing that researchers found better detail retention in the doodling group when playing a tedious voicemail.
How about you, do you doodle?


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Color, 1973, 83m.
Directed by Javier Aguirre
Starring Paul Naschy, Rosanna Yanni, Haydée Politoff, Mirta Miller, Víctor Alcázar, Ingrid Garbo
Vinegar Syndrome (Blu-ray & DVD) (US R0 HD/NTSC) / WS (1.85:1) (16:9), Media Blasters (DVD) (US R0 NTSC), Eclectic, Shout Factory (US R0 NTSC)
The period from 1972 to 1973 was an incredibly busy year for Spain's greatest horror movie star, Paul Naschy, who had made his name with a series of films about the tragic werewolf Waldemar Daninsky. By this point Naschy was branching out into other characters, including some quasi-gialli, but this was the period where he really went for it with numerous titles like Hunchback of the Morgue, Curse of the Devil, Horror Rises from the Tomb, and Vengeance of the Zombies. One of the crown jewels from this year (and Naschy's career in general) was Count Dracula's Great Love, which finally gave Naschy the chance to tackle the world's most famous vampire – with a lovelorn twist.
After a bloody prologue in which a couple of coffin delivery men are butchered in an abandoned sanitarium, the same location serves as a refuge for a quartet of nubile traveling women (Yanni, Politoff, Miller, and Garbo) and their guide (Alcázar, aka Vic Winner), whose carriage has lost a wheel and gone out of commission. They're greeted by Dr. Marlow (Naschy), who offers to let them stay the night. At first the women are so overjoyed they stick around for the next day for some topless swimming and sunbathing, but it soon becomes obvious that something predatory is lurking within the walls and bent on turning them into creatures of the night, one by one… and no bonus points for guessing Marlow's true identity or why he has his sights set on one of the women, Karen, in particular.
It shouldn't be surprising that Naschy injects a lot of angst and pathos into his role, an obvious holdover from his string of Waldermar outings as well as a nice throwback to some of the more sympathetic Hollywood vampires like Lon Chaney Jr.'s underrated turn in Son of Dracula. Of course, horror is still the name of the game here, and on that front this one delivers right out of the gate with a jolting axe murder that became the film's most widely circulated still (with its aftermath repeated over and over and over for the main titles).
Like several other Spanish horror films of the period under the Franco regime, this film was shot with different versions in mind for the domestic and international markets. Topless nude scenes with the entire main female cast were replaced with clothed takes for Spain, which means different versions have cropped up over the years on home video. A full-strength version didn't turn up on American VHS until Sinister Cinema turned up a U.S. print that was more complete than the tame one on Gorgon Video, and this was later recycled for a terrible DVD from Eclectic that's best avoided at all costs. The uncut version was later used for part of Shout Factory's Elvira's Movie Macabre line (much more graphic than the version seen during her original hosting gig) and a BCI double feature under the title Cemetery Girls, paired up with Vampire Hookers. The film was slated to be issued as a special edition as part of BCI and Deimos' ongoing and financially ill-fated line of spectacular Spanish horror releases, but those plans cratered when the label wound up going under.
A remnant of what was intended for that release can be found on the very welcome Vinegar Syndrome dual-format release containing Blu-ray and DVD discs with identical extras. An audio commentary with director Javier Aguirre and the late Naschy (in Spanish with optional English subtitles) is a great walk through the making of the film, focusing on their approach to adapting this quintessential monster for the Spanish market and tailoring the role to Naschy's strengths. They also talk about transitioning away from the strict werewolf cinema diet at the time and touch on Hunchback, which they made together back to back with this project. Also included is an 8-minute interview with actress Mirta Miller, which functions just as much as a career retrospective as she recalls being cast in the film and having fun getting to play a sexy monster, despite being cold while wandering around in lingerie most of the time. Also included is the usual English international trailer and an insert booklet with liner notes by longtime Naschy enthusiast Mirek Lipenski of Latarnia, who offers an impressive amount of detail about the film including the shooting locations and a tantalizing mention of some perverse footage (up to 15 mins.!) removed from the final cuts.
As for the film itself, it looks pretty spectacular with a fresh HD scan from the interpositive in possession of the American rights holder, representing the unclothed cut with all of the bare breasts and bloodshed intact. Apart from the opening credits (which involve opticals on top of opticals), the quality is excellent and a huge step up from any past release, looking pin sharp except for scenes where the cameraman seems to have slight focus issues. The English audio is default option (with English SDH subtitles provided), and it sounds superb with great dynamic range and much more healthy bass than past versions would have indicated. The Spanish audio is also included from the only available source (a prior home video release) with significantly lesser quality, but it's great to have; optional subtitles directly translated from the Spanish dialogue are provided. It's a toss up as to which version is more effective; both are dubbed, with most of the actors speaking Spanish (some with their real voices) but a few, most notably Politoff, clearly speaking English with the voice actor matching her lip movements. Neither one sounds terribly organic given how the audio was produced, so try 'em both and see which one you prefer. Either way, it's an absolutely vital release for any self-respecting Euro horror fan.
Reviewed on September 26, 2016.

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The Revenue Cycle Representative II is directly responsible for ensuring that all patients are financially secured by processing insurance eligibility, reviewing and updating financial demographics and classifications, submitting clean compliant claims with correct coding for charge entry, processing and reviewing system edits and reconciling charges against schedules/reports/clinical notes.
Responsible for securing account by verifying insurance eligibility using available systems such as Experian GE/IDX, Eagle and Web-based payer eligibility tools.
Completes/Updates registration in the GE/IDX system, collects defined minimum data set, including patient demographic and other identification data, insurance or other third-party payer information, if needed.
Responsible for the correct identification and selection of appropriate insurance FSCs and reviews entire account for continuity.
Reviews and submits clean electronic (CROWN) and paper encounter.
Review patient medical records assigning appropriate evaluation/management levels and procedure codes for professional services. Maintains a working knowledge of the current CPT Professional Edition and ICD-9-CM coding principles, governmental regulations, protocols and third-party requirements pertaining to billing and documentation. Ensures all services documented in the patient's chart are compliant for correct coding.
Reconciles and corrects encounters by using CROWN pending report.
Reconciles and corrects GE/IDX TES/Ecommerce and claim reports using billing and coding knowledge.
Communicate, educate clinicians, practice managers and staff for assistance in securing account in order to submit a clean and accurate claim.
This position requires a Certification in Professional Coding (CPC) and or CCA and proficiency in Local and Federal policy guidelines and requirements for correct coding.
Minimum of two years experience in a physician billing or third party payor environment. Proficiency in health insurance benefits and eligibility requirements.
Working knowledge of EHR, preferably Allscripts software or comparable system.


Tom has broad experience in commercial and regulatory disputes in the national electricity and gas markets, having acted in numerous matters relating to the generation, network and retail sectors, including civil penalty enforcement matters and access disputes in both gas and electricity networks. He also advises the Australian Energy Market Commission and the Gas Market Reform Group regarding potential rule changes to the National Electricity Rules, the National Gas Rules and the National Energy Retail Rules.
Tom has acted in high-profile applications to enforce international arbitration awards against the Sauber Formula 1 team (on an urgent basis, before the 2015 Australian Grand Prix) and against Joseph Gutnick. He has also acted in Hong Kong and China-related arbitration proceedings, including appearing unled in an application for emergency relief before a HKIAC tribunal, and has acted as an expert witness on questions of Hong Kong law in Australian proceedings. Tom has also acted for ASIC in financial services enforcement matters, including matters with China and SE Asia emerging market aspects.
Before coming to the Bar, Tom practised as a commercial litigator for eight years, including six years in Hong Kong with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he practised in international arbitration, financial services, professional negligence, insolvency and joint venture disputes. Tom appeared as a solicitor advocate in contested matters before the Hong Kong High Court and the Court of Final Appeal, and in arbitrations conducted in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, London and Stockholm.
A listing of Tom's practice areas and recent cases can be found on the "Biography" page.
Blanalko Pty Ltd v Lysaght Building Solutions Pty Ltd (2017) 52 VR 198 - Tom appeared in applications arising from an award made by Bill Gillard QC, successfully opposing an application to set the award aside, and staying an application to relitigate the claim in the Supreme Court of Victoria (unled).
Gutnick v Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd (2016) 49 VR 732 (VSCA) - Tom appeared for the Indian and UAE award creditors in Joseph Gutnick's appeal against a decision allowing enforcement of a Singapore arbitral award in Victoria. The Court of Appeal listed the appeal for expedited hearing in the first sitting week of 2016, and dismissed Mr Gutnick's application for leave to appeal on the basis that his public policy defence to enforcement had no real prospect of success (led by Neil Young QC and Chris Horan QC).
Giedo van der Garde v Sauber Motorsport (2015) 317 ALR 792 (VSC); (2015) 317 ALR 786 (VSCA) - Tom appeared for a Formula 1 driver against the Sauber team, in the driver's urgent application to enforce a Swiss arbitral award in Victoria, prior to the 2015 Australian Grand Prix. The application succeeded at first instance and on appeal, with the application, appeal and subsequent contempt of court proceedings heard and resolved within less than a week (unled at first instance; led by Jim Peters QC on appeal).
HKIAC arbitration – IT dispute (2017) – Tom acted for an Australian-owned IT services provider in a HKIAC arbitration with a major Hong Kong corporate (unled).
HKIAC emergency arbitration (2015) - Tom appeared unled in an emergency arbitration proceeding in Hong Kong, in a dispute between an Australian-resident business owner and Hong Kong/BVI investors. The hearing was conducted in English, but on a Chinese-language agreement and documentary evidence. The emergency award was made within 2 weeks of the commencement of the arbitration, after the emergency arbitrator had initially granted interim relief on the papers.
Tasmanian Gas Pipeline arbitration (2018) – Tom acted for the pipeline operator in the first non-scheme pipeline access dispute under Part 23 of the National Gas Rules (led by Neil Young QC).
Basslink / Hydro Tasmania arbitration (2013) - Tom acted for Basslink in a series of arbitrations before the Hon Murray Gleeson AC QC relating to the operation of the Basslink interconnector (led by Alan Archibald QC, Jim Delany QC).
Basslink Pty Ltd v Hydro-Electric Corporation  VSC 746 - On 31 December 2012, Tom appeared alone for Basslink on an urgent application in the Supreme Court of Victoria for an injunction pending the arbitration. In February 2013, after the expiry of a temporary compromise, Tom appeared on the renewed injunction application, when an injunction was granted in favour of Basslink (led by Jim Delany QC).
Origin Energy Electricity Ltd v Australian Energy Market Operator Ltd  Wholesale Energy Dispute Resolution Panel - Tom appeared unled for a coalition of South Australian wind farm operators, in a multi-party dispute over AEMO's settlement of FCAS costs during planned outages of the Heywood interconnector.
Australian Energy Regulator v Snowy Hydro Ltd  FCA 1013;  FCA 58 - Tom acted for the AER, which obtained the first civil penalty under the National Electricity Law, for a generator's failures to comply with dispatch instructions in the National Electricity Market (led by Peter Gray QC).
CKI Utilities Development Ltd v Australian Energy Regulator  FCA 17 - Tom acted for the AER in a judicial review proceeding in which the court upheld the AER's rejection of SA Power Networks' proposal to introduce differential network tariffs for household users with solar generation facilities (led by Kristen Walker QC).
Tom acted for PIAC, in the first limited merits review applications commenced by a consumer group against the AER's network revenue determination (led by Sam Horgan QC).
Re CitiPower Pty Ltd, ActewAGL Distribution, AusNet Electricity Services  ACompT 2, 3 & 4 (led by Michael O'Bryan QC, Kristen Walker QC).
Tom also advises the Australian Energy Markets Commission and the Gas Market Reform Group regarding potential rule changes to the National Electricity Rules, the National Gas Rules and the National Energy Retail Rules.
Financial Services Royal Commission (2018) Tom appeared for ANZ in the CEO round of royal commission hearings (led by Matt Collins QC, Kate Williams SC and Michael Rush SC).
ASIC v Avestra Asset Management Ltd (2017) 120 ACSR 247 Tom acted for ASIC in an application for financial services injunctions and disqualification against directors of a funds management company, for numerous contraventions by Avestra as responsible entity and trustee of registered and wholesale managed investment schemes. The decision resolved a number of issues surrounding the related party dealing prohibition, as it applies to registered schemes (led by Jonathon Moore QC).
Tom acted for two companies in the MacarthurCook group in appeals relating to the allocation of, and a put option over, units in a property investment unit trust (led by Phil Solomon QC).
Tom appeared for insureds under M&A warranty and indemnity policies, in the Federal Court's expedited insurance matters list. Aftermarket Network Australia addressed important issues as to the inter-relationship between exclusions in the share sale agreement and the W&I policy.
ExxonMobil Superannuation Plan v Esso Australia & ors (2010) 29 VR 356 - Tom acted for Esso Australia in a claim for rectification of a superannuation trust deed, and in professional negligence proceedings against the plan's former actuaries. The claim arose from drafting errors first made in 1990, which created an unintended liability of over $500 million. The proceeding was settled through a mediation before Michael McHugh QC AC that continued over a 5-month period (led by Neil Young QC, Melanie Sloss SC, Mark Moshinsky QC).
John E Gill Trading Pty Ltd v Crawford; Cao v ION Ltd; Beckhouse v ION Ltd (FCA) - Tom acted for the deed administrators of the ION group in three class action continuous disclosure claims against ION Ltd brought by multiple groups of shareholders (led by Philip Crutchfield QC).
Regis Aged Care Pty Ltd v Secretary, Department of Health  FCA 177 – Tom appeared for Regis in a proceeding seeking to confirm the validity of charges pronounced unlawful by the Department (led by Peter Hanks QC).
Secretary, Department of Health v DLW Health Services Pty Ltd (2016) 246 FCR 456 - Tom appeared for the Commonwealth Department in an appeal overturning a decision of the AAT that had held the complex healthcare criteria under the Aged Care Funding Instrument to be invalid (led by Peter Hanks QC).
Epworth Foundation v Commonwealth (2015, FCA) - Tom appeared for Epworth in a challenge to the validity of Medicare regulations governing the Medicare-eligibility of diagnostic imaging equipment. The proceeding settled after trial (led by Peter Hanks QC).
Automotive Components Limited v Secretary, Department of Industry and Science (2016) 237 FCR 468 - Tom appeared unled for the Department of Industry in the AAT and on appeal to the Full Federal Court, in a review upholding the Department's decision on entitlements under the Automotive Transition Scheme.
Sunshine Coast Broadcasters Pty Ltd v ACMA (2012) 209 FCR 518 - Tom acted for the Southern Cross Media Group in a judicial review proceeding concerning the delineation of broadcasting licence areas (led by James Elliott SC).
Bronca v County Court of Victoria (VSC) - Tom appeared unled for the employer of a convicted fraudster, who challenged the forfeiture of his superannuation benefits on the grounds of s 109 inconsistency between Commonwealth superannuation legislation and the Confiscation Act 1997 (Vic). The proceeding settled during trial.
This article reviews the recent Singapore decision Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic v Sanum Investments Ltd  SGHC 15, in which the Singapore High Court upheld Laos's challenge to an investor-state arbitral tribunal's decision affirming (in part) its jurisdiction to determine an investor's complaint under the bilateral investment treaty between Laos and the People's Republic of China.


First-year students move into the dorm from August 26 to September25. It is desirable (however, not required) to arrive on the day specified in a call for study (move-in lists).
Dorm 14 — 5 Kovalskyi lane.
Dorm Head — Liudmyla Victorivna Bushylo, phone (044) 454-94-99.
Passport officer — Hanna Leonidivna Hlavatska, phone (044) 454-99-49.
As a result, you get a move-in warrant with the passport office stamp.
Student clinic of the NTUU "KPI" — 16/2 Yanhelia st.
FoAM therapeutist— Olha Frantsivna Pohorielova, room 3-09 (second floor).
— a move-in warrant .
After the inspection, the therapeutist puts a stamp for its successful completion.
Military mobilization department of the NTUU "KPI" — build. 31 (7-a Metalistiv st.), room 1-01.
As a result, you get a Military mobilization department (Solomianskyi DMC) stamp on your warrant.
— pay a housing rent at least a month in advance according to the payment regulations.
— money to pay a housing rent.
The Dorm Head issues you a certificate, which you bring to the Admissions Bureau (backside of the dorm 7, 3 Metalistiv st.), and get a pass to be activated at 18:00 on the day of its issue.
If you are a second-year student or older, and you want to move into the dorm for the first time, you should contact the Deputy Dean on Dorms, Viktoriia Hromova, and write an appropriate application. The follow-up procedure is similar to the one described above.
For detailed information, refere to Studcity's website.


Amber Stucke is an interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California. She identifies her work within ideas of social relationships situated between artistic research, science and imagination. Through materials of sound and language, performance, embodied and appropriated drawings, scientific prints and DIY artist books, her research interests include questions of symbiotic and rhizomatic relationships, Native American ethnobotany, local knowledge systems, plant-human relationships, evolutionary biology, consciousness, and the appropriation of visual scientific classification structures.
Stucke holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco and has also had additional studies at Goldsmith's College in London and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited at Satellite Berlin (Berlin, Germany),BAK (Utrecht, Netherlands), University of Oporto (Oporto, Portugal), Cain Schulte Contemporary Art (San Francisco, CA), Punch Gallery (Seattle, WA), Kala Art Institute & Gallery (Berkeley, CA), and Zacatecas Cultural Center (Zacatecas, Mexico); solo shows include: Electric Works (San Francisco, CA), The David Brower Center (Berkeley, CA), The LAB (San Francisco, CA), Clay Street Press (Cincinnati, OH), and 2731 Prospect Gallery (Cleveland, OH). She is a recipient of the 2016/2017 Curtis Gates Lloyd Research Fellowship at the Lloyd Library & Museum, a participating artist of Satellite Berlin in Germany, a member of the Society of Artistic Research (SAR), and a contributing writer to The Learned Pig.


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September 26, 2018 by Stratbase ADR Institute
A regressive approach to the mining fiscal regime
Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute
Eight months since the first phase of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law was implemented, inflation hit a near-decade-high 6.4%, well beyond government forecasts and, more crucially, something that may upend years' worth of significant economic growth.
While the administration's ambitious infrastructure agenda is long overdue and surely worth the investment, tinkering with something as sweeping and overarching as taxation demands care and meticulous attention to its effects as we have seen with TRAIN.
The second phase of the tax package is looking to generate the same level of controversy, if not more. Barely ten months ago, TRAIN 1 doubled the excise tax on mining from 2% to 4%. A specific mining tax reform bill, filed in the House of Representatives and backed by the Department of Finance, proposes a 5% royalty for all large-scale and small-scale metal and non-metal operations regardless of whether they are located within or outside mineral reservations.
While retaining the corporate income tax for mining, the bill also requires an additional government share of the difference when the basic government share is less than 50% of the net mining revenue for the calendar year. It also proposes to limit interest expense deductions of mining contractors, for instance, if the contractor has a debt-to-equity ratio higher than 1.5 to 1 at any time during the taxable year.
The proposal's claimed intent is to "satisfy the objectives of government for a reasonable increased share without compromising the mining sector's need for a reasonable return on its investment."
What is not said, of course, is that the imposition of the additional 5% royalty, on top of the various other charges on gross revenues, would make the total impositions on gross revenues the highest in the world at close to 12% all in all.
Contrary to the said intentions, the proposal runs the risk of making the sector even more uncompetitive in terms of attracting quality investments. As the mining industry demands intensive capital and sophisticated technology, it requires nothing less than quality investments. This means large, responsible companies with a lot of resources, technical know-how, and experience.
Already, the regulatory environment in the Philippines is far from agreeable. A prohibitive tax structure threatens to drive out badly needed investments to other mineralized countries that have more sensible tax structures.
A 2012 study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)found that a 10% royalty in the mining and petroleum sector is, by international standards, "quite high." For a market like the Philippines, attracting investments in its mining sector largely depends on how well it can manage its fiscal regime.
Another important detail that the bill seemingly glosses over in favor of so-called rationalization is the critical distinction between copper and gold operations, on one hand, and nickel operations, on the other.
According to industry experts, the former requires much higher investment in mine development, such as in the construction of a copper concentrator or a gold-processing plant. The gestation period is also longer, from exploration to commercial operations, at an average of 15 years compared to 4 years for large lateritic nickel mines. The larger scale of operations for gold and copper also means it is more difficult to absorb the royalty during periods of low prices or when the operation is not profitable.
Thus, despite the lip service on supposedly looking after the mining industry's welfare, the bill's combined impositions on gross revenues, payable whether a company makes money or not, would no doubt discourage new quality investments in copper and gold mines, not to mention make it very difficult for existing operations to survive.
Crunching the numbers, the bill's proposed "top-up" of up to 50% of net mining revenues makes the structure virtually equivalent to a Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement, which is deemed uncompetitive internationally by the IMF study.
But if the impositions of this bill are poised to sound the death knell for the industry, the other elements in the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-Quality Opportunities (TRABAHO) bill, promise to be the proverbial final nail in the coffin. TRABAHO repeals incentives available to the industry under the Mining Act of 1995. This means that if the mining industry is not included in the proposed Strategic Investment Priorities Plan, the sector will be ineligible for any incentive whatsoever.
What all these amount to is a regressive — not progressive — tax structure. Compare these provisions, for instance, with the model in Chile, the top copper producer in the world. Chile has a mining tax that is applied to profits at a rate that depends on operating margins (6.65% at a margin of 50%). Peru, the second top producer of copper, implements a similar royalty system that is applicable to profits (3.64% at a margin of 50%).
What makes these models progressive is how they're skewed toward profitability, with higher tax rates depending on operating margins. This sharply contrasts with high impositions on gross revenues that completely ignores the profitability of an operation. The message the proposed mining tax reform bill sends to both existing and potential investors are thus self-evident.
But will mining really stop if the large, responsible miners are out of the picture? Only to a certain extent. Killing the legitimate players will only create a vacuum that will open the country's vast untapped mineral resources to illegal operations. This scenario not only squanders billions of dollars in potential revenues and hundreds of thousands of quality jobs, it also subjects hundreds of areas to irreversible environmental destruction, all of which does not make any sense for a bill that calls itself progressive.
The proponents of this regressive policy must realize that crushing an already highly regulated industry whose huge economic potential is globally recognized, but has been frustratingly stymied with decades of unstable policy, will send stay away signals to large investors of other industries. The job-creating industries that we want to build will look for less volatile business environments and there are many alternatives out there.
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WWI Profile: Harry Clayton Chinnis 1888-1946
To view this or an earlier profile at any time, click on the veteran's name on the WWI Brunswick County Veteran list, which is also accessible by the blue button on the top right of the webpage.
Photo courtesy of Jane B. Henry.
Private Harry Chinnis (right) is Jane B. Henry's maternal grandmother's brother.
Harry Clayton Chinnis
Winnabow, Brunswick County, NC
Private, First Class
Served:
October 7, 1917 – August 9, 1919
Overseas:
April 24, 1918 – August 1, 1919
Harry Clayton Chinnis was born and raised in Brunswick County. A family tree is located in FamilySearch. Harry had a brother who also served, Joseph Wheeler Chinnis. Joseph had enlisted in the National Guard in 1916 when he was 18 years old, then served in WWI with the 119th Infantry, 30th "Old Hickory" Division. In 1922, he enlisted in the US Navy, serving in WWII. He retired in 1948.
Harry's WWI Draft Registration shows he was single, living in Winnabow, and working in a sawmill in Bolivia.
Harry was married in April 1917, then ordered to report for military duty on October 3, 1917 [Source: Ancestry]. He and five other men were sent to Camp Jackson for training. Pvt Chinnis' NC WWI Service Card shows he was serving with the 331st Infantry, but it appears to be a typo and should read 321st Infantry, 81st "Wildcat" Division. This assumption is based on the training camp and the assignments of the five men who were drafted with him.
The 5th Division was organized in December and Pvt Chinnis was transferred in February 1918 to the 11th Infantry. Some information about the division and other Brunswick County men who served can be found starting with Pvt Barfie Randel Long's WWI Profile. Pvt Chinnis left for France in April.
Pvt Chinnis did not take part in the operation detailed in Pvt Long's profile. A new branch of service in the Army for the Military Police was formed in July 1918. In August, Pvt Chinnis became a member of this new branch, assigned to III Corps, MP Company.
The US Army realized an increased and focused Military Police force was necessary due to the volume of prisoners of war, the challenges of traffic control, and the responsibilities typical for a police force. Merely controlling traffic had become overwhelming due to the number of troops, vehicles, and horses trying to navigate the muddy conditions in France. Gridlock often forced delays in operations.
Recall from Cpl Herbert Ward's WWI Profile the description of the first All American Offensive at St. Mihiel at the beginning of September 1918, an operation that was secret and therefore required night marches:
The weather was one continuous downpour of rain; the roads were slippery and wound over steep hills and through wet woods; as the organization approached the lines the traffic on the highways grew denser and denser until those arteries were solid-streams of vehicles and men, with a current in each direction.
Orders were that the artillery should be in the sector and in position by September 8th; but the enormous traffic on the roads, the scarcity and wretched condition of the horses and the incessant rain made it impossible to complete the march on time. Forage was scarce, water was often unobtainable. Horses died along the road or had to be abandoned to the mercy of French peasants. The muddy ground made the entrances and exits of woods extremely difficult; sometimes as much as three hours were consumed merely in getting organizations out of the woods and on the road. The strain on men and animals was terrific. Sleep was almost unheard of.
The following continues that description. [From the same source The Official History of the Fifth Division]:
The M.P.'s were given their first real test in handling the traffic on the roads leading to the front. They were handicapped by lack of experience in such jams. Officers and men exhausted themselves in the gigantic task of keeping the roads clear, many doing forty-eight-hour shifts without sleep.
One M. P. knew his job thoroughly. As this traffic cop was patrolling a road reserved for animal-drawn transportation, a big automobile tried to force its way through. The M. P. promptly halted the machine, with the threat, "I'll shoot if you move another inch." He probably didn't notice the four stars. The Commander-in-Chief of the A. E. F. alighted from his auto and congratulated the private with the remark, "You are the first M. P. I have found doing his duty."
The photograph of Pvt Chinnis at top can be enlarged to show many details of his uniform. On the lower half of his left sleeve, his chevron shows he has served six months overseas. His MP armband is also on his left sleeve. Overseas, the Americans adopted the British style shown here, black wool with the red "MP" cut in red felt. [Source] His shoulder insignia is III Corps.
October 1918, he was promoted to Private, First Class.
Pfc Chinnis boarded USS Minnesotan on July 23, 1919, and was honorably discharged on August 9, 1919. The 1920 Census lists him living with his wife's family in Town Creek, working in a sawmill. He later owned and farmed his land and raised a daughter with his wife.
Tragically, Harry Clayton Chinnis committed suicide on July 7, 1946, at age 57, an apparent reaction to his failing health, according to a local newspaper article. He was laid to rest at Vines Cemetery in Winnabow. Military honors are shown.
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The Gold Mohur Hotel (ɔːr/) is a resort hotel on Aden, Yemen.
On 29 December 1992, Al Qaeda conducted its first known terrorist attack in Aden, bombing the Gold Mohur Hotel, where U.S. servicemen were known to have been staying en route to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope. A Yemeni and an Austrian tourist died in the attack.
^ "Timeline: Al Qaeda's Global Context: Al Qaeda's First Attack". Frontline: The Man Who Knew. pbs.org. Retrieved 2007-11-30.


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Meaghan St Pierre, Special Projects Producer
Published: February 18, 2018, 10:19 am
Tags: Local Athlete, Olympics, National, Sports, News
Team USA ice dancers with Michigan ties hit rink for 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang
Ice dancers compete Sunday night
Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of the United States compete in the Ice Dance Free Dance during day three of 2017 Bridgestone Skate America at Herb Brooks Arena on November 26, 2017 in Lake Placid, New York. (Photo by Tim Bradbury/Getty Images)
Three teams.
All top contenders for the podium at the Winter Olympics.
Each one of them has ties to Michigan.
Their programs beautiful, their talent incredible.
Choosing to cheer for just one team feels impossible.
Team USA has called these three ice dance teams the most decorated group of ice dance teams it has ever sent to the Olympics.
Two of Team USA's top ice dance teams train locally, Maia and Alex Shibutani at the Arctic Edge of Canton and Madison Chock and Evan Bates at the Novi Ice Arena.
Related: Olympics TV schedule, event times
The Shibutanis, a brother-sister duo from Ann Arbor, are two-time U.S. champions and have a silver (2016) and two bronze (2011, 2017) from the World Championships. The Shib Sibs, as they are often called, placed ninth during the Winter Olympics in 2014 in Sochi, Russia, and are eyeing a spot on the podium in South Korea. They already won bronze competing in the figure skating team event earlier in the games.
Chock and Bates won silver at the 2016 nationals and were the 2015 U.S. Champions. They have a silver (2015) and bronze (2016) from the World Championships. They placed eighth in Sochi and are also attempting to get on the podium during the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Rounding out the top three ice dance teams is Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue, who train in Montreal, Quebec. The duo won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships for the first time this January. The Shibutanis placed second behind them; Chock and Bates were third.
It was a huge victory for Hubbell and Donohue, who have won the bronze medal at the U.S. Championships the last four years. Hubbell and Donohue used to train at the Detroit Skating Club in West Bloomfield but moved to Montreal in 2015 to train. Hubbell is from Okemos. This is their first Olympics.
These three teams are so close to each other at competitions. Often, less than a point separates their scores. According to U.S. Figure Skating, the top U.S. teams, the Shibutanis, Hubbell/Donohue and Chock/Bates have made up half the field at the Grand Prix Final for the last three years. During the 2017 competition in December, only 0.85 points separated all three teams in the final standings.
Battle for Gold vs. Battle for Bronze.
The teams from France and Canada are expected to be battling for the gold medal. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, of France, and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, of Canada, are the favorites for the Olympic podium with one of the American teams going for bronze, according to NBC Sports.
This is the third Olympics for Virtue and Moir, who won gold in 2010 and silver in 2014.
Ice dancers perform their short dance Sunday night and their free dance Monday night. The medals will be awarded Monday night.
While the American teams are expected to battle for bronze, I don't rule out any of them getting into the race for silver or gold. This is the Olympics, and anything can happen. I'm cheering for all three teams to find great success and satisfaction with their performances at the Winter Games.
Go, Team USA!
Meaghan St Pierre


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This is a PHP client library for accessing the Dozuki V2.0 API (https://www.dozuki.com/api/2.0/doc/)

### Requirements

PHP 5.3 or higher

Guzzle (https://github.com/guzzle/guzzle)

Tests depend on PHPUnit (http://www.phpunit.de/manual/current/en/installation.html)

## Usage

```php
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

use WhyteSpyder\DozukiPHPClient\DozukiClient;

$client = DozukiClient::factory(
	array(
    	'dozuki_domain'     => 'example.dozuki.com'    // required
	)
);

// Authorization required for some API functionality
// Get Auth Token
$authRequest = $client->getCommand(
    'user/token',
    array(
        'X-App-Id' => 'YOUR APP ID',
        'email' => 'admin@example.com',
        'password' => 'PASSWORD'
    )
);
$response = $authRequest->execute();

// Add Auth Token to client method headers
$client->addAuthToken($response['authToken']);

$command = $client->getCommand(
	'category',
	array(
    	'categoryname' => 'Test'
	)
);
$results = $command->execute(); // returns an array of results
```

You can find a list of the client's available commands in the bundle's
[dozuki_config.json](https://github.com/WhyteSpyder/DozukiPHPClient/blob/master/src/dozuki_config.json) but basically
they should be the same as the [api endpoints listed in the docs](https://www.dozuki.com/api/2.0/doc/).

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Between an XmlHttpRequest (XHR) request and response, another event such as a user event can be triggered. If another event, request and response read same variable, a concurrency bug can occur. In this example, line 12 in case8.html set a variable list at null, and response event handler at line 13 of case8.html assigns values in list. A function button2Clicked reads list in line 27. So, if a user clicks button1 and button2, and response event handler has not been called, the bug occurs.
There are 8 operations in this example.
105 test cases are generated and 42 test cases of them are buggy because they contains (u2, n1).


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Home » Walter Russell - A New Concept of the Universe - A Brief Treatise On The Russell Cosmogony
Recalling the important contributions I have already made to science, such as my work in completing the hydrogen octave and my prior discovery of the existence of the two atom bomb elements given to the scientific world in my two Periodic Tables of the Elements, assures me that you will give serious thought and attention to these documents.
Present threatening world conditions make it imperative that science discloses the way whereby the weakest of nations can protext itself from the strongest of them and render attack by land, sea and air impotent.
This new knowledge will give science this power.
England could have been rendered immune from her devastating bombardment had the world been receptive to these new scientific discoveries which I endeavored to give to it when World War II started. Science, however, did make use of the two atom bomb elements mentioned above, which I charted and copyrighted in 1926.
The world needs new metals. Many new rustless metals of greater density, malleability and conductivity await division in vast quantities from carbon and silicon. These will be found when science discards its concept of matter as being substance, and becomes aware of the gyroscopic control of motion which will split the carbon tone into isotopes as a musical tone is split into sharps and flats.
In the chemical elements, the sharps and flats are isotopes. These can be produced by man in greater numbers than Nature has produced them, for Nature does not begin to split her tones until she has passed two octaves beyond carbon. There is a tremendous opportunity for the metallurgist of tomorrow to create new metals in the carbon and silicon octaves.
Of even greater importance to the world in this crucial period is the production of unlimited quantities of free hydrogen. This ideal weightless fuel could be transmuted from the atmosphere while in transit without the necessity of storage capacity.
These are the important things which might now be known if Kepler's discovery had divulged the facts of geometric symmetry and dual curvature within the wave field.
His law of elliptical orbits evidences that he was on the verge of discovering that four - not two - magnetic poles control the dual opposed balance of this two/way universe. With but two magnetic poles a three-dimensional radial universe of time intervals and sequences would be impossible. A balanced universe must have two poles to control centripetal, genero-active force, and two compensating poles to control centrifugal, radioactive force.
By means of such knowledge, science could rid the earth of fear of attack by any nation no matter how the attack might come, whether by land, sea or air.
This new knowledge will give to science the cause of all the effects which have for centuries of research deceived the senses of scientific observers.
Man has a Mind as well as having senses, but he has given preference to the evidence of his senses in the building of his cosmogony. Man can reason with his senses but he cannot know with them. Reasoning is sense-thinking - not Mind-knowing. He has also produced effects without knowing their cause.
The senses have not revealed to man that this is a substanceless universe of motion only. Neither have they told him the principle of polarity which divides the universal equilibrium into pairs of oppositely-conditioned mates to create a sex-divided electric two-way universe.
The time has come in the history of man when knowledge alone can save the human race. Man has for too long left the Creator out of His Creation, thinking He cannot be proven in the laboratory.
God not only can be proven in the laboratory, but because of the facts of that proof man can solve many heretofore hidden mysteries of the universe - such as that of the seed and growth - life and death cycles - the purpose of the inert gases as electric recorders of all repetitive effects - and the true process of atomic structure.
You might reasonably ask why I have withheld this knowledge for so many years. I have not withheld it. I tried in vain to give it from 1926 when I first published charts of the complete periodic tables herewith attached, up to the beginning of World War II when I tried to organize a laboratory group to save England from its unnecessary bombardment.
I also accepted and held the Presidency of The Social of Arts and Sciences in New York for seven years for the sole purpose of giving to the world this new cosmogony based upon a two-way continuous, balanced universe to replace the one-way discontinuous, unbalanced universe which is presumably expanding to a heat death.
During this period, I lectured upon the misconceived idea that hydrogen is the basic number one atom of the periodic table. I explained that there are twenty-one other elements which precede it and that hydrogen itself is not a single element but a whole complex octave. I also explained the impossibility of there being any element without an inert gas as its source. At that time I distributed my periodic charts to approximately 800 scientists and universities.
Further than inciting research which yielded so-called isotopes of hydrogen and heavy water, nothing came of my effort, nor did I receive the credit due me. Incidentally, those so-called isotopes are not isotopes but full-toned elements of an orderly octave group series. Isotopes do not occur in Nature until they reach the octave following the silicon octave. The reasons for this are fully explained in our Study Course.
I wrote two books, gave many lectures and set up a demonstration laboratory in a university to prove that the elements are not different substances but are differently conditioned pressures of motion - and that the structure of the atom is based upon the gyroscopic principle.
As one after another of my discoveries appeared under other names, I acted on the advice of a friendly science editor to withhold any more of my new cosmogony until it was fully completed in words and diagrams, and again copyrighted.
It has taken many years to so complete it that it is invulnerable to attack, but this has now been done, and this present treatise is as complete in brief as the whole cosmogony is complete in detail.
I do not look for immediate acceptance of this revolutionary new knowledge. I do hope and expect, however, that the seed of it will grow within the consciousness of science, and as I am nearing 82 years of age I feel it is incumbent to announce the fact to science through this open letter and treatise that The Russell Cosmogony, which my gifted wife, Lao, and I have together written into a year's Study Course of 935 uncontradictable pages, and 182 diagrams, is now complete.
This course is now being studied all over the world and, through our students as seed, this new knowledge will ultimately trnasform the world.
It is with the deep desire that a higher civilization shall arise that I send forth this message to mankind. The day is here when Science and Religion must marry, or through ignorance of God's Universal Laws man will perish from the earth.
Hoping that the world of science will recognize that this treatise has within it the answer to basic cause for which it has been so long and tirelessly searching, I am
(Introduction to "A New Concept of the Universe", which is available from philosophy.org and various other places that sell Russell books)
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DES MOINES, Iowa and OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 4, 2014 - DuPont Pioneer and DTN/The Progressive Farmer announced today a collaboration that will bring instant weather and market information, as well as innovative grain trading capabilities, to growers.
Building on the two businesses' rich legacies of innovation in the agriculture industry, this collaboration will enable real-time information exchanges to help growers make important operational decisions with the broadest available knowledge. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Pioneer customers will be able to opt into an exclusive network of weather stations, including those positioned on growers' farms, which provide accurate, real-time local information as well as environmental conditions in other regions. Data will seamlessly inform growers about forecasts and Pioneer crop models to help them make more informed management decisions for their farming operation. In addition, customers will have access to DTN/The Progressive Farmer's syndicated premium weather and market content to further aid decision-making.
"Pioneer is dedicated to providing practical solutions to the business issues important to our customer's success - services are only solutions if they work for customers," said Steve Reno, DuPont Pioneer vice president, regional business director - U.S. "This expanded services offering, made possible through our collaboration with DTN/The Progressive Farmer, gives growers the tools they need at the time they need them to make their farming operation more profitable. It's real-life intelligence in real time."
"At DTN/The Progressive Farmer, our mission has always been to provide the most accurate, timely and actionable information possible to our customers," said DTN/The Progressive Farmer Vice President of Agriculture Matt Bradford. "We are excited by the opportunity to work with Pioneer to further that mission by rapidly developing a dense network of on-farm DTN/The Progressive Farmer Weather Stations, along with sophisticated decision tools, to increase operational efficiencies and maximize grower profits."
Pioneer and DTN/The Progressive Farmer also will work together throughout 2014 and beyond to further advance electronic grain trading capabilities that link buyers with sellers for instantaneous commercial exchanges. The tool works in real time to keep users up-to-the-minute with the highs and lows of today's rapidly changing grain market. The benefits include targeted price matches, 24/7 price monitoring, electronic hedging and mobile information on offers and market news with the convenience of trading anytime anywhere. This effort will combine the cutting-edge technologies developed by DTN/The Progressive Farmer and Farms Technology, a subsidiary of DuPont Pioneer.
These services will be available to growers through authorized Pioneer sales representatives and represent the continuing effort by Pioneer to make the data exchange process faster and more convenient for producers, enabling them to make important seed, fertilizer and other input purchasing and management decisions with the latest field, market and weather data.
Pioneer is committed to addressing the most important challenges growers' face, including profitability, sustainability, risk management and convenience.
DTN/The Progressive Farmer is revolutionizing the agriculture industry with its game-changing agricultural information solutions and market intelligence that enable customers to actively and effectively manage their businesses. The company's insightful, independent content along with proprietary business management tools and in-depth market analysis empower better decision making from today's forward-looking agricultural producers, agribusiness leaders and commodity market traders. For the latest DTN/The Progressive Farmer editorial, weather and market information or more on all DTN/The Progressive Farmer services, visit dtnprogressivefarmer.com.
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Home » We're Insightful » Articles » End of a golden era:
Home values plummet throughout the country as mortgages dry up, with only London's high-end real estate escaping the trend A mortgage lending squeeze will result in property prices falling across Britain, but London's most desirable residential districts will be least affected, analysts say.
End of a golden era:
By Richard Warren
Home values plummet throughout the country as mortgages dry up, with only London's high-end real estate escaping the trend
A mortgage lending squeeze will result in property prices falling across Britain, but London's most desirable residential districts will be least affected, analysts say.
Net mortgage lending in Britain has fallen 90 per cent in three years. The gap between new loans and repayments will narrow to £10 billion (HK$123.8 billion) this year compared with £100 billion in 2007, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reports. The body warns there could be negative net lending – more mortgages repaid than loaned – next year because the number of new mortgages is shrinking.
Many lenders have withdrawn from the home loans market. The CML was unable to complete this year's top 30 mortgage lenders' table because there are only six principal lenders now.
Investors, the self-employed and first-time buyers struggle most to get a mortgage – they must put down larger deposits than before the credit crunch and have fewer mortgages from which to choose.
Hong Kong and other overseas buyers must go through more credit checks, put down larger deposits and contend with frequently changing lending rules when dealing with High Street banks.
"The golden age of home ownership is over, for the moment," Michael Coogan, the CML's director general, told a housing conference last month. "Mortgage rationing has limited activity and left pent-up borrower demand unfulfilled since 2007."
The CML believes the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) proposals to regulate interest-only mortgages will make mortgages scarcer. In an interest-only mortgage scheme, a borrower pays interest on a monthly basis and repays the principal after a specified period, usually 25 years.
The CML warns interest-only schemes could "vanish" if the FSA's proposals are implemented. Fearing the FSA's proposals will increase costs, lenders are withdrawing interest-only loans from the market and considering forcing customers to convert to capital repayment mortgages. In a capital repayment mortgage scheme, part of the principal is repaid each month with interest payments.
At present, two-thirds of new mortgages are interest-only, which the FSA believes encourages homebuyers to borrow more than they can afford to repay.
Liam Bailey, head of residential research at property consultancy Knight Frank, says Britain's housing market will go into a double-dip downturn if interest-only mortgages are withdrawn.
"There is no doubt that prices would fall, and access to the market would be constrained," Bailey says. "There [is] a huge range of borrowers who use interest-only mortgages as a legitimate method of accessing the market, [such as] older borrowers, and self-employed [people].
"The most concerning issue is that lenders are now looking at taking existing interest-only borrowers off interest-only arrangements. This would be damaging and would threaten the sustainability of [many] current borrowers' finances."
The FSA also wants to ban self-certified mortgages – which limit checks on information borrowers give about their financial status, and are thus considered open to fraud. Banning them would reduce the number of loans issued, especially to self-employed people, the CML says. Banks are cutting mortgage lending regardless of official intervention. They are withdrawing from the buy-to-let loans sector. Landlords will welcome the news that Paragon Mortgages, the specialist buy-to-let lender that suspended operations during the credit crunch, has resumed lending.
From next year, British banks will have less money available for mortgage lending because they must begin repaying £300 billion of funding provided by the government during the credit crunch.
Prime central London residential markets, such as Knightsbridge, Mayfair and Chelsea, are likely to be less affected by mortgage cuts than Britain's mainstream housing sector because wealthy buyers rely less on borrowing.
Camilla Dell, managing director of Black Brick, a buyers' agency that specialises in prime central London, says many purchasers in the area pay cash. "Twenty-five per cent of our clients are cash buyers," Dell says. "Well over 50 per cent could buy in cash if they wanted to. Even if they do decide to take finance, many of these international buyers are high-net-worth individuals and therefore banks are happy to lend to them."
Prime central London's housing sector is performing better than the market nationally. According to the Land Registry, prices were 12.7 per cent higher in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in August compared with the previous year. Nationally, they were 6.7 per cent higher.
Bailey says the dislocation between prime central London's housing market and the rest of Britain is sustainable.
"This is due not only to greater wealth inequality in the UK, which has happened despite the recession, but also the fact that international buyers concentrate their activities in London, adding hugely to demand and price pressures here," Bailey says.
In prime central London, half of homebuyers come from overseas, Knight Frank's research shows. Hongkongers and mainlanders comprise the largest group of overseas investors in central London's new-build market, making 5 per cent of purchases, the agency reports.
Prime central London is likely to be less affected by public sector cuts than mainstream Britain because most of the residents work in the private sector, including financial services firms which are expanding.
"There has been a lot of positive news coming from the city [financial sector] and many management consultancy firms are recruiting in large numbers," Dell says. "It would take another mega global financial crisis to see a repeat of the 2008 price falls we saw after Lehman Brothers collapsed."
Dell forecasts prices will stay flat in prime central London over the next 12 to 18 months.


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Q: Unity application lens removed, no local apps now I was removing all of the Unity web result lenses, and somehow I've now got no local app results. This is what I did to remove them:
sudo apt-get purge unity-lens-music
sudo apt-get purge unity-lens-applications
sudo apt-get purge unity-lens-shopping

What should I do to get back my local apps without recommendations?

A: Use
sudo apt-get install unity-lens-applications

To restore Applications Lens
To turn off software recommendations, use UnSettings

Just turn off the "Apps for download" switcher.
Unsettings download page.

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Description This a great 4x4 simulation game. You play as an off road driver in the middle of the dark forest. In order to pass the challenge you have to get all the items in the forest. There are some obstacles along the path you need to avoid or you will crash your car. Oh,you can also upgrade or buy another car for better performance!


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Hate U < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > > I Just Wanna Be Rich
from the album Burnin'
Performer: Patti LaBelle
First Released: 1 October 1991 - Burnin' album
Album(s): Burnin'
Writer(s): Prince, Rosie Gaines and Francis Jules
Producer(s): Prince (as Paisley Park), Michael Stokes and James R. Budd Ellison
First and last live appearance:
This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince.
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:
I Hear Your Voice is the eighth track on Patti LaBelle's eleventh solo studio album, Burnin'. The track was written by Prince, with Rosie Gaines and Francis Jules, and was produced by Prince under the name Paisley Park. Prince also played all the instruments on the track.
Basic tracking took place on 25 April 1991 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota (two days after Go Carmen Go, the same day as The Voice), and the song was originally intended for Rosie Gaines's proposed album Concrete Jungle, which later developed into Closer Than Close. Beyond Prince's 'guide' version, however, it is not known if Rosie Gaines recorded lead vocals for the track. Patti LaBelle's lead vocal overdubs were recorded at some point between May and September 1991, although studio details are needed.
Recording Information
25 April 1991 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA Tracking
August 1991 (assumed) Larrabee Sound Studios,
North Hollywood, CA, USA Lead vocal overdubs by Patti LaBelle
Recording Personnel
Patti LaBelle version
Patti LaBelle - lead vocals
Prince - all instruments and vocal intro (uncredited)
Rosie Gaines - background vocals (uncredited)
Prince version
Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
Rosie Gaines - background vocals
Released Versions
I Hear Your Voice 4:22 Burnin' Studio
Unreleased Versions
I Hear Your Voice Studio Prince guide vocals; recorded 25 April 1991
Burnin' album
Concrete Jungle unreleased album
The song is registered as I Hear Your Voice (Calling In The Night) at the Library Of Congress
The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)
Hate U < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > > I Just Wanna Be Rich
Retrieved from "http://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=I_Hear_Your_Voice&oldid=234637"
Released Songs (Associated Artists)
Songs (Prince)
Songs (Associated Artists)


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PTFE is what they use on non-stick frying pans, it must have been passed as safe, I've used it for plumbing joints in my homebrew kit for ages. It'll not be damaged in a 90 minute boil, When I strip the joints for cleaning after a brew the tape is unchanged.
I'll admit I started with considerable trepidation Wonky, but taking it one step at a time and not thinking about the whole job meant it went quite easily in the end.
I get this when I use yeast nutrient, could it be that?


L'Abeille Sucree began 3 years ago in Montreal, Quebec by an American who longed for a taste of home. After living in Los Angeles and enjoying Sprinkles Cupcakes, Sweet Lady Jane cakes, Clementine Cafe cookies, this bee keeper's wife decided to start baking her beloved baked goods abroad.
Since then, L'Abeille Sucree |The Sweet Bee has combined classic American desserts with French sophistication.
In Jackson, I found a happy home at ALBA Coffee until its closure. Now I would like to bake directly for you.
My philosophy is simply that the finest, highest quality ingredients make the best desserts. I don't use artificial flavors or preservatives in my cakes, donuts or cookies. I prefer to use natural plant based food color and all natural sprinkles. Some of the other brands I use are Valhrona and Guittard chocolate, Maldon sea salt, and King Arthur Flour. It's quality you can taste.
I work in a private kitchen. I am also certified by the State of California as a registered food handler (License #1183503).


Armstrong was in unfamiliar territory on Verbier watching other elite pros ride away. But his coach said Lance rode a smart race and is ready for more Alpine action this week.
Well, fireworks were expected on Stage 15, and fireworks were delivered. Alberto Contador showed that he is the strongest climber in the 2009 Tour de France, and he opened up a gap over his major rivals that will be difficult for anyone to close. For his part, Lance Armstrong was good today, but others were stronger. He's in a good position overall, sitting in second place at 1:37 behind Contador, and his lead over several pre-race favorites is quite solid.
The strategy employed by the teams hoping to put Astana into difficulty was pretty clear. Rather than ride the first portion of today's final climb at a steady tempo, teams like Saxo Bank and Garmin put their domestiques on the front to set a furious pace in the kilometers leading into the ascent. Once on the climb, they continued to force the pace. Saxo Bank strongmen Jens Voigt and Fabian Cancellara gave their all in the first 1.5 kilometers of the 8.7-kilometer climb. But before their leader, Andy Schleck, could launch his attack, Contador surged off the front. It was a great move, because he basically capitalized on Saxo Bank's work before Andy Schleck did. Schleck followed soon after, but he couldn't match Contador's acceleration - seemingly no one can - and he wasn't able to latch on to the Spaniard's rear wheel.
Behind, the high pace of the opening kilometers put a few pre-race favorites in trouble. Defending champion Carlos Sastre lost ground, and Christian Vande Velde exited the back of the contenders' group. Lance, Andreas Kloden, Cadel Evans, Frank Schleck, and perhaps most notably, Bradley Wiggins, were all there. Within the final five kilometers, there were surges and the group began to split up. Sastre found his legs and rode back into the group, but Lance started to lose ground.
Today Lance wasn't holding back in order to ride tempo in the group as Contador accelerated up the road (as he did in stage 7). Ideally, he would have liked to stay with Sastre, Evans, and Wiggins in the closing kilometers. But Lance is smart and knew that a consistent ride on the climb to Verbier would keep him in second place overall, and with Contador in the yellow jersey, being in second place overall gives Astana a strategic advantage over all their rivals.
Some people may be quick to write off Armstrong because he didn't display the same dominant climbing power he had a few years ago. I think it's a little premature for that kind of talk. There's no doubt today could have gone better, but it was far from a disaster. If anything, today's result is likely to relieve any tensions there may have been within Astana. Lance has said from the beginning that once it was clear that one rider on the team had the greatest chance of riding into Paris in yellow, the team would work for that rider. As always happens in the Tour de France, the race reveals who is the strongest (a point Astana DS Johan Bruyneel made in a pre-race interview). It doesn't matter what might be talked about in team meetings, around the dinner table, or in the press room. Contador showed today that he's most likely the man to win the 2009 Tour de France. If I was in his position, there's no teammate I'd rather have working for me than Lance Armstrong.
Tomorrow is the Tour de France's second rest day, and that is followed by more stages in the Alps. I expect Lance to be a factor in those stages, especially in an effort to take time out of riders like Carlos Sastre, Bradley Wiggins, and Andy Schleck before the penultimate stage to Mont Ventoux. It may have looked today like Contador is unstoppable in the mountains, but Lance knows from experience that for the rider in the yellow jersey, opening up a bigger lead is always worth the effort.


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UFC Fight Night predictions: Experts split on Paul Felder vs. Rafael dos Anjos 👊
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UFC Fight Night predictions: Experts split on Paul Felder vs. Rafael dos Anjos winner
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Paul Felder described what he's about to experience on Saturday night in the UFC Fight Night main event as an "experiment." He went from training for a triathlon and preparing for his analyst duties Saturday to now getting ready to face Rafael dos Anjos on five days' notice in a scheduled five-round fight.
For many fighters, that would be an insurmountable task. But Felder isn't like many fighters. He's in shape becuase of his endurance training, and he said "my brain is fresh, my body is fresh, I'm not taking beatings in sparring." He's currently a +160 underdog, but some experts view him as the favorite to win in Las Vegas (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET).
Felder replaces Islam Makhachev, who withdrew on Sunday with an undisclosed injury.
Dos Anjos (29-13) has dropped four of his past five fights, but all of them came against top welterweight contenders. In this fight, he'll be dropping back down to the lightweight division he once reigned over. Felder (17-5), meanwhile, has considered retirement since his loss to Dan Hooker in February. He's won two of his last three and five of his last seven, and some believe he deserved the decision against Hooker.
Will the extremely short notice hamper Felder's chances against dos Anjos? How much will the adjustment from Makhachev to Felder mess with dos Anjos' game plan? ESPN asked several fighters and coaches -- including Michael Chiesa, who beat dos Anjos in January -- to break down the action.
Eddie Cha, Fight Ready striking coach
The five days' notice thing changes everything. I'd have to go dos Anjos. Training for a marathon is one thing; training for triathlons is another. But we're talking about training for MMA rounds. Anyone who has ever grappled will tell you it's a whole different level of cardio. I think if RDA tries to grapple him, in a five-round fight, that's a lot to ask for anybody. I'd definitely go dos Anjos just for the cardio factor alone.
If Felder had a four-to-six-week training camp, I'd definitely take him. I like his striking a lot and I'd be unsure if dos Anjos could wrestle him the whole time. But in this case, dos Anjos was training for wrestling, because he was supposed to fight Makhachev. Maybe it was defensive wrestling, as opposed to offensive, but I don't think that changes anything. If anything, that lets me know RDA's cardio is going to be on point. I'm not saying RDA's only way to win is his wrestling. He has great kicks and so forth. But if he can just make it a full MMA fight, he should win.
Felder probably wasn't training in MMA at that level. I think Felder is a stud. Even if it were a three-round fight, I'd give him more of a chance. Felder might go for it and try to finish in the first two rounds, almost like Jorge Masvidal did against Kamaru Usman. But I could see dos Anjos being aggressive, too. I think dos Anjos might get Felder down and ground-and-pound him out.
Michael Chiesa, UFC welterweight
If it was anybody other than Felder in the situation that he's in now, the odds would be heavily stacked against him. What makes this fight very interesting, and a lot more challenging for RDA than a lot of people might think, is that Felder is a guy who puts himself through grueling training camps. He's always going into a fight with a lot of nagging injuries and he has a really hard cut to 155 pounds. But this is a fight where he had a camp, but he hasn't been training for a fight. He's been training for endurance sports. What people don't realize is he's in peak physical shape right now and he has no injuries.
Felder is 36 years old. He's been in the sport a long time. It gets to a point where you know how to fight whether you had a 12-week camp or a five-day camp. Then you pair that with the fact that the other side is RDA. The rumors are that he'll have an easier time than ever getting to 155 pounds. He's gonna be very in shape, as well. It's gonna come down to, is RDA going to wrestle this fight? He was probably never going to wrestle Makhachev. The game plan was probably defending takedowns against Makhachev and playing sprawl and brawl.
It all boils down to one thing: this is a cardio fight. Everyone wants to see RDA get in a standup fight, because everyone wants to wrestle the guy. The thing that could throw RDA off is that he was preparing for a southpaw. Felder is gonna have an orthodox stance. You usually go for your former opponents -- it usually makes you look better -- but I have to go with Paul. I think he's in shape; I think he has the cardio to have the fight favor him more. I think he's going to do very well. I think this fight goes five rounds, for sure.
Sayif Saud, Fortis MMA head coach
If you look at Felder, he's basically won six of his past seven fights. I thought he beat Dan Hooker, as a lot of people did. Felder is really peaking as a martial artist. He's still kind of at the height of his skills. I thought he looked great in that Hooker fight, when he needed to turn it on, he sure did. His ability to grind that fight out the way he did plays a big factor going into this fight, because dos Anjos is a guy who has fought plenty of main events, has plenty of experience. I think Felder looks like a fighter still in his prime as far as the skill set.
I think RDA poses a ton of challenges. You saw him against Kevin Lee kind of grind it out and get that finish, but besides that, he's lost four of his past five fights. That fight against Chiesa, especially, was not a great fight for him. But RDA has lost to top contenders. He's lost to Colby Covington, he's lost to Kamaru Usman. At 170, he was a bit outmatched size-wise. The question is at 155, is he back to where he was when he made that title run? I don't know the answer to that question yet. We'll have to see.
The power thing equals out. Felder is not a small guy, either. Honestly, the real key is how much has he trained in wrestling? I know his cardio is good. He's been swimming, preparing for a triathlon. His weight is down. But how much wrestling has he done? You know RDA has been training in wrestling to fight Islam. The question is how much has Felder been training in the transitional positions -- the clinch, the scrambles.
I think Felder has a shot here. I think he has a fight IQ. I think it's an opportunity for him to step in. I think it's a win-win. He's a smart guy, a commentator, a guy who understands the game. So he's obviously seen something there and he's swinging the bat, man. I think it's great -- I think it'll be a great fight. I think it's hard to pick him to win on such short notice given all the variables. But I think he has a solid chance of winning the fight. Judging off his last performance compared to RDA's performance, I think Felder deserves a real look here.
Tyson Chartier, New England Cartel coach
Felder is at that point in his career where he's going to do what makes sense for him and his future. He's 36. I'm sure he got paid pretty well to step in. He's got nothing to lose here. It's not like if he loses to this guy people will think he sucks or anything. I think RDA is in a tough spot. It's nothing to lose for Felder and a lot to lose for RDA. I think from a matchup standpoint it makes for an exciting fight.
RDA has been training this whole time to fight for a grappler and now he's fighting a striker. There's a lot of pressure on him. RDA has lost four of his past five fights. When you go up a weight class, a lot of times you're searching for confidence again. You realize, "I can't do this up here and I'm gonna go back down and make another run" -- it's a way to trick yourself into believing you've still got it. That's not to say RDA doesn't have it anymore, though.
With Felder being a striker and RDA maybe having something to prove, RDA might keep it standing a little bit longer than he should. Felder hasn't been training for a fight. I think RDA should definitely take him down, but I don't think he will. I think he'll try to stand with him, like almost a machismo thing. Like, "I'm back in this division; I'm gonna knock out the No. 7 who's a striker and try to make a statement." I don't suggest he does that, but I could see him doing it. If so, it wouldn't be a smart move.
I don't celebrate Felder for taking the fight any more than I do RDA. Both deserve an applause. This is one of those things where fighters fight and both are showing they're real fighters. I think I'm gonna go Felder, and I think he could get a finish in the later rounds. I'm going finish. The only reason because I think you're gonna see a really loose Felder. He's doing it because he wants to. RDA is in a position where he has to. A loose fighter is a dangerous fighter.
Gilbert Melendez, ESPN MMA analyst and former Strikeforce lightweight champion
These are two very dangerous fighters with a lot of power between them. Both guys really enjoy fighting.
A lot of people would say it isn't smart for Paul taking a fight on five days' notice, but I think Paul is at that stage where he's fought on the big stage -- and apparently he was training for a triathlon -- and he has that YOLO (you only live once) attitude right now and that can be a big benefit in a fight. But obviously, there is a lack of preparation for a guy like Rafael dos Anjos, who is great.
I think this is a matchup where both guys will dabble on the feet. Dos Anjos is a little lighter on the feet. I would never say Felder is flat-footed, but I think he's a more grounded fighter -- when he throws, he throws hard. He's kind of inching his way in a Thai stance, and fires hard. I like dos Anjos's lead right uppercut. He'll slip the jab and come with that right uppercut and straight left as a southpaw. I expect him to catch Felder, and then blast forward with a takedown.
But Felder reads his opponents very well and he has a great shield, which is hard to get through. He has a good left hook, which is great when you're fighting a southpaw. It's dangerous. Felder also loves to throw spinning back elbows, which I think against a southpaw may be more effective.
I think it's going to be really close on the feet and could come down to takedowns. I've got Rafael because of the takedowns, his resume and he's been in a training camp this whole time.
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Q: ARM64 Backtrace from link register I am currently trying to get backtrace based on stack pointer and link register on ARM64 device using C program.
Below is example of objdump
bar() calls foo() with 240444:    ebfffd68    bl  23f9ec <foo@@Base>
I can get link register (lr) and from that getting 23f9ec, save it to backtrace list as last routine.
My question: From below assembly code with current lr 0023f9ec <foo@@Base>:, how to calculate to get previous routine with lr is 0023fe14 <bar@@Base> using C language?
here is my implementation, but getting wrong previous lr
int bt(void** backtrace, int max_size) {
    unsigned long* sp = __get_SP();
    unsigned long* ra = __get_LR();
    int* funcbase = (int*)(int)&bt;
    int spofft = (short)((*funcbase));
    sp = (char*)sp-spofft;
    unsigned long* wra = (unsigned long*)ra;
    int spofft;
    int depth = 0;
    while(ra) {
        wra = ra;
        while((*wra >> 16) != 0xe92d) {
            wra--;
        }
        if(wra == 0)
            return 0;

            spofft = (short)(*wra & 0xffff);

        if(depth < max_size)
            backtrace[depth] = ra;
        else
            break;

        ra =(unsigned long *)((unsigned long)ra + spofft);
        sp =(unsigned long *)((unsigned long)sp + spofft);

        depth++;
    }
    return 1;
}

0023f9ec <foo@@Base>:
  23f9ec:   e92d42f3    push    {r0, r1, r4, r5, r6, r7, r9, lr}
  23f9f0:   e1a09001    mov r9, r1
  23f9f4:   e1a07000    mov r7, r0
  23f9f8:   ebfffff9    bl  23f9e4 <__get_SP@@Base>
  23f9fc:   e59f4060    ldr r4, [pc, #96]   ; 23fa64 <foo@@Base+0x78>
  23fa00:   e08f4004    add r4, pc, r4
  23fa04:   e1a05000    mov r5, r0
  23fa08:   ebfffff3    bl  23f9dc <__get_LR@@Base>
  23fa0c:   e59f3054    ldr r3, [pc, #84]   ; 23fa68 <foo@@Base+0x7c>
  23fa10:   e3002256    movw    r2, #598    ; 0x256
  23fa14:   e59f1050    ldr r1, [pc, #80]   ; 23fa6c <foo@@Base+0x80>
  23fa18:   e7943003    ldr r3, [r4, r3]
  23fa1c:   e08f1001    add r1, pc, r1
  23fa20:   e5934000    ldr r4, [r3]
  23fa24:   e1a03005    mov r3, r5
  23fa28:   e6bf4074    sxth    r4, r4
  23fa2c:   e58d4004    str r4, [sp, #4]
  23fa30:   e1a06000    mov r6, r0
  23fa34:   e58d0000    str r0, [sp]
  23fa38:   e59f0030    ldr r0, [pc, #48]   ; 23fa70 <foo@@Base+0x84>
  23fa3c:   e08f0000    add r0, pc, r0
  23fa40:   ebfd456d    bl  190ffc <printf@plt>
  23fa44:   e1a03009    mov r3, r9
  23fa48:   e1a02007    mov r2, r7
  23fa4c:   e1a01006    mov r1, r6
  23fa50:   e0640005    rsb r0, r4, r5
  23fa54:   ebffff70    bl  23f81c <get_prev_sp_ra2@@Base>
  23fa58:   e3a00000    mov r0, #0
  23fa5c:   e28dd008    add sp, sp, #8
  23fa60:   e8bd82f0    pop {r4, r5, r6, r7, r9, pc}
  23fa64:   003d5be0    eorseq  r5, sp, r0, ror #23
  23fa68:   000026c8    andeq   r2, r0, r8, asr #13
  23fa6c:   002b7ba6    eoreq   r7, fp, r6, lsr #23
  23fa70:   002b73e5    eoreq   r7, fp, r5, ror #7

0023fe14 <bar@@Base>:
  23fe14:   e92d4ef0    push    {r4, r5, r6, r7, r9, sl, fp, lr}
  23fe18:   e24dde16    sub sp, sp, #352    ; 0x160
  23fe1c:   e59f76a8    ldr r7, [pc, #1704] ; 2404cc <bar@@Base+0x6b8>
  23fe20:   e1a04000    mov r4, r0
  23fe24:   e59f66a4    ldr r6, [pc, #1700] ; 2404d0 <bar@@Base+0x6bc>
  23fe28:   e1a03000    mov r3, r0
  23fe2c:   e59f26a0    ldr r2, [pc, #1696] ; 2404d4 <bar@@Base+0x6c0>
  23fe30:   e08f7007    add r7, pc, r7
  23fe34:   e08f6006    add r6, pc, r6
  23fe38:   e3a00000    mov r0, #0
  23fe3c:   e08f2002    add r2, pc, r2
  23fe40:   e1a05001    mov r5, r1
  23fe44:   e3a01003    mov r1, #3
  23fe48:   e59f9688    ldr r9, [pc, #1672] ; 2404d8 <bar@@Base+0x6c4>
.....................................................................
  24043c:   e3a0100f    mov r1, #15
  240440:   e1a0000a    mov r0, sl
  240444:   ebfffd68    bl  23f9ec <foo@@Base>
  240448:   e59f2108    ldr r2, [pc, #264]  ; 240558 <bar@@Base+0x744>
  24044c:   e3a01003    mov r1, #3
  240450:   e08f2002    add r2, pc, r2
  240454:   e1a05000    mov r5, r0
  240458:   e1a03000    mov r3, r0
  24045c:   e3a00000    mov r0, #0

A: I don't think there's an easy way to do this.
Normally the register ABI of any operating system contains a "frame pointer" register. For example, on Apple's armv7 ABI, this is r7:
0x10006fc0      b0b5           push {r4, r5, r7, lr}
0x10006fc2      02af           add r7, sp, 8
0x10006fc4      0448           ldr r0, [0x10006fd8]
0x10006fc6      d0e90c45       ldrd r4, r5, [r0, 0x30]
0x10006fca      0020           movs r0, 0
0x10006fcc      fff7a6ff       bl 0x10006f1c
0x10006fd0      0019           adds r0, r0, r4
0x10006fd2      6941           adcs r1, r5
0x10006fd4      b0bd           pop {r4, r5, r7, pc}

If you dereference r7 there, you get to a pair of pointers, the second of which is lr, and the first of which is the r7 of the calling function, allowing you to repeat this process until you reach the bottom of the stack.
Judging by the assembly you posted, the codebase you're looking at doesn't have that. This means that the only way to obtain the return address is the same way that the code itself does: step forward through each instruction and parse/interpret them until you reach something that loads into pc. This is of course imperfect, since there may be functions in your call stack that do not ever return, but there's not much you can do about that.
It may be tempting to search backwards instead, and while you can do a heuristic approach and probably reach quite reasonable results with it, that is even less reliable than searching forward, since you have absolutely no way of telling whether you arrived at address X by stepping forward from the previous instruction or by explicitly jumping there from somewhere else.


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Each band was hand-selected by Metallica, who will headline both nights of the festival.
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Position: Former Web Editor HQ: Orlando, FL (soon to be Cleveland, OH) Nice to meet you! I'm Bryne Yancey, the former web editor for Alternative Press. Prior to joining AP full-time, I volunteered at Punknews.org and freelanced for Myspace Music and AP, writing reviews and such. I enjoy 80s thrash metal, leather-jacket pop-punk, obscure 90s/2000s emo, contemporary crust-core, and plenty in between. I'm a big fan of pizza, nachos, dessert, sleeveless t-shirts, wearing shorts year-round, sunglasses, science fiction, dry humor, horror, the Florida Marlins, the Orlando Magic, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Vinyl is great; Spotify is equally and differently great. Green Day's "Dookie," Bad Religion's "All Ages," and the Suicide Machines' "Battle Hymns" changed my life. I don't think our scene has ever been as exciting or promising as it is right now. Top ten albums OF ALL TIME (but in no particular order): Saves The Day - Stay What You Are Green Day - Warning Jimmy Eat World - Futures Snapcase - Designs For Automotion Hot Water Music - Caution Metallica - ...And Justice For All The Suicide Machines - Battle Hymns Bad Religion - The Process of Belief The Lawrence Arms - The Greatest Story Ever Told Descendents - ALL Twitter | Tumblr